The complete nucleotide sequence of a 7.7kb mobilisable plasmid (pM3446F), isolated from a florfenicol resistant isolate of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, showed extended similarity to plasmids found in other members of the Pasteurellaceae containing the floR gene as well as replication and mobilisation genes. Mobilisation into other Pasteurellaceae species confirmed that this plasmid can be ...

This paper offers a comparison of the public significance of youth during two episodes of regime breakdown. It draws on my thesis which explores the meaning of youth in key crisis moments in Europe and the political mobilisation of young people. I selected cases of hybrid regimes with significant mobilisation of young people and an intense struggle about the meaning of youth as part of regime c...

Using an agent-based simulation of electoral participation this paper examines the cascading effects of an exogenous increase in turnout. We simulate the voting behaviour of agents in a pool of 1,000 households with characteristics based on survey data and whose rules about interactions and behaviours are dictated by existing evidence. This model simulates the interplay between many factors imp...

As described in the papers in this issue, the Avahan India AIDS Initiative embraced the community mobilisation as a core strategy in its scaled HIV prevention programme, reflecting many of the guiding principles of the Sonagachi project in West Bengal. 2 The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), which is the nodal agency responsible for the development of HIV policies and programmes in Ind...

BACKGROUND Mulligan's mobilisation techniques are thought to increase the range of movement (ROM) in patients with low back pain. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the application of the Mulligan's Sustained Natural Apophyseal Glide (SNAG) technique on lumbar flexion ROM. The secondary aim was to measure the intra- and inter-day reliability of lumbar ROM employing the same proced...

BACKGROUND To analyse the effect of real-time kinematic feedback (KRTF) when learning two ankle joint mobilisation techniques comparing the results with the traditional teaching method. METHODS Double-blind randomized trial. SETTINGS Faculty of Health Sciences. PARTICIPANTS undergraduate students with no experience in manual therapy. Each student practised intensely for 90 min (45 min for...